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Post by andycole on Oct 18, 2006 10:10:01 GMT 2
'kin hell! I thought I was good at maths but 12 seconds for 20 calcs?! I don't see how you can even read the questions that quickly! I've seen someone take over 5 minutes for this, so I suppose my 20 seconds seems super-human to them! I guess if I get a really easy one with just additions and subtractions I should be able to shave a few seconds off. I've only had it a week and a bit, anyway On the low-to-high I have remembered a 9-box one but just can't get a 10 (yet), when I do I think my points should jump up. What is voice calculations? Do you have to call out the answers? Andy
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Post by willsh on Oct 19, 2006 22:24:55 GMT 2
Andy, It's one of those games where you reach a ceiling and think that you'll never improve your best time, then suddenly something clicks and you smash your best time/score, only to hit another ceiling for a while. I'd really like to get a low 11 secs score for the calcs x20, and a sub 1 min 10 secs for the calcs x100. Voice calculations is the same as calcs x20/calcs x100, the difference being you shout the answers out. On the 8 secs video it looks like the speed is described as 'amazing', I'd really like to see that for one of the games! I'll keep trying. Andrew
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Post by andycole on Oct 20, 2006 10:54:46 GMT 2
I find it strange how the game thinks getting 5/5 on head count is rocket speed, but my best effort (so far) of 17 seconds on 20 calcs is just train speed. I find the head count dead easy, but struggle with improving my time on the calcs, so I can't see myself ever seeing rocket speed there, and certainly not amazing! Perhaps I'll get an amazing if I get 5/5 on head count hard mode I looked at that 8 sec video again and realised there's time to be gained by writing very small. You can even use weird squiggles for some numbers as well. Just a small dot can be used for a zero! It's addictive anyway, I've forgotten to pick up my dry cleaning every lunchtime this week as I've been 'training' instead! LOL Andy
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Post by monkeykong on Oct 27, 2006 20:03:48 GMT 2
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Post by devster on Oct 28, 2006 1:37:54 GMT 2
That was cool and the last one was mental indeed!
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Post by Aris on Oct 28, 2006 6:20:13 GMT 2
Cool stuff! I've seen some of it before, but that purple/green/disappearing dots one was the best!
AC
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Post by mpanayiotakis on Oct 31, 2006 0:24:19 GMT 2
I just bought the console and the game! :smile: Either my pronounciation is sh*tty or there's something wrong because I can't get the game to recognize what I'm saying most of the time! And how do you make it recognize the words ? It always mistakes capital L for C and mixes up numerous others! Help, I'm an old man (in the game) !!!
Michael
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Post by MikeDotBe on Oct 31, 2006 10:44:27 GMT 2
I Have exactly the same "voice" problem as i'm unable to make the game recognize the word yellow.. can't tell why thus i never do the voice test.
For the letters, you have to try to draw them with one line, like a shape... it's hard to explain, but with "training" you'll see that you'll learn how the system works with letters.
i still have difficulties with the memory test where i have to write all word that i remember... as i have to be speedy to write.
Mike
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Post by andycole on Oct 31, 2006 11:30:56 GMT 2
That pps file was good. I've seen most of them before, but not the 'circle or coil' which was neat. I like the pink dots as well.
Back to brain training....Only tips I can think of (apart from trying to lose any european accent!) are speak quite deeply (it doesn't like high-pitched voices) and say the words quite quickly, just like you were trying to read really fast. Hard to explain in words, but imagine you recorded your voice saying 'black' as a wave file, that wave file should be about 1/4 of a second long, not 3/4 of a second.
For the handwriting recognition, it's really difficult, but the game tells you to write the words as you see them, so try to copy the shape of the letters as they appear on the screen. It's easiest to write in lower case. Also, most letters should be written in a single fluid movement. Obvious exceptions are letters like i, t and f. It won't recognise an i unless you put a dot above it. for a t you can just write a cross. Oh, and don't forget that the horizontal dotted line is there so you can write letters like p, f, g, etc above and below the line (the tail of the letter crosses over the line). Be as precise as you can with the writing, as it's slower to rush and have to try again than it is to get it right in the first place!
Have fun!
Andy
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Post by mpanayiotakis on Oct 31, 2006 16:17:09 GMT 2
Hmm.. 38 years old now.. I'm getting there! :smile: Thanks for the tips Andy!
Michael
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Post by andycole on Oct 31, 2006 16:22:23 GMT 2
I got to 20 years old the other day but on average I get around 26. Not bad considering my real age Andy
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Post by sAner on Oct 31, 2006 17:25:44 GMT 2
What was your real age again? 46?? ;D
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Post by willsh on Nov 2, 2006 0:09:12 GMT 2
For the handwriting recognition, it's really difficult, but the game tells you to write the words as you see them, so try to copy the shape of the letters as they appear on the screen. It's easiest to write in lower case. Also, most letters should be written in a single fluid movement. Obvious exceptions are letters like i, t and f. It won't recognise an i unless you put a dot above it. for a t you can just write a cross. Oh, and don't forget that the horizontal dotted line is there so you can write letters like p, f, g, etc above and below the line (the tail of the letter crosses over the line). Sometimes even if the first three letters you have written are not recognised by the game, it will recognise the word that you are trying to input when you enter the fourth. It is always worth writing in all four. I have particular trouble with Fs & Ks. It definitely prefers one movement without lifting the stylus rather than writing letters in a "broken" way.
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Post by andycole on Nov 2, 2006 12:42:50 GMT 2
Yes, you're aqbsolutely right about that. Sometimes, it will know what you're trying to write even if it hasn't recognized it. For example, the word might be atom and you're written atom but the computer recongnizes axem. It will realise what you've written and change it and accept the word.
I think K's are definitely the hardest. F's are OK if you use a lower case f. Write it exactly as you see here - with the curl and the horizontal above the dotted line, and the tail going well below the line. That works fine. I've yet to find a good way of writing a K that's recognised easily.
Andy
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Post by Aris on Nov 12, 2006 23:03:57 GMT 2
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